Wood-saw house



placed in the saw horse.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

GEORGE IVES, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WOOD-SAW HORSE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 31,605, dated March 5, 1861.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IvEs, of the city of Detroit, county ofIVayne, in the State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement on Saw-Horses, consisting in the appliance thereto of apedal, hook, and spring for the purpose of holding firm in its place thestick of wood or other article to be sawed, without the usual practiceof placing the foot or knee thereon; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the letters placed onthe diierent parts of the model herewith.

Letter A is the pedal, to which is attached the spring I) and the hookB, passing through the guide C. The pedal isfor the purpose of bringingthe hook to bear on or against the stick of wood by placing the footupon it after the stick of wood has been The hook is for the purpose ofholding firm in its place the stick of wood or other article to besawed. The guide is for the purpose of guiding the hook and turning ithalf around by means of the hook being of square iron and having a twistin it sufficient to bring the point of the hook to bear at right angleswith the pole of the saw horse when the pedal is depressed, and parallelwith it when elevated. elevating the pedal in such a manner as to throwthe point of the hook parallel with the pole of the saw horse, therebyplacing it out of the way of putting on wood or other articles tobe'sawed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The application to saw horses of a pedal, with hook and spring' attachedfor the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, namely the better means ofmaking firm and holding secure in its place any stick of wood or otherarticles to be sawed, 'usingl for such purpose any style of hook andmeans of turning the same, or any kind of spring that will produce bythe aid of the pedal or otherwise the intended effect.

GEORGE IVES.

IVitnesses JosrAH STRONG, D. W. HOWARD.

The spring is for the purpose of

